Posts tagged with "Dale Tallon"

Sunday night, the Florida Panthers shocked the hockey world by being the first team to fire a head coach this season. It was unexpected. Gerard Gallant recently received a contract extension, led the team to an Atlantic Division title (riding a tidal wave of PDO at 102.1), was a 2016 Jack Adams finalist and was coaching a team only two...

Before Dale Tallon took over as General Manager of the Florida Panthers, year in and year out, their roster was filled with players one had never heard of, or hadn't heard of in three years.
Those days are long over.
With Tallon now as the President of Hockey Operations, and Tom Rowe as Florida's new GM, the team has had it's...

For years, the NHL has predicated itself on size. Skilled prospects often see their draft stock rise or fall based on that intangible, as first-round talents find themselves sliding down the board, waiting for their names to be called.
Historically, however, the Florida Panthers have aimed to buck that trend. And on Saturday—the...

The Florida Panthers continued their off-season re-organization this week by adding three new members to their front-office staff.
On June 16th, the club named Peter Mahovlich as a Special Advisor to Ownership. The Panthers then announced on June 18th that they'd hired Richard Pollock as a professional scout and Josh Weissbock as a...

For years, many people have deemed the concept of hockey in the Sunbelt to be, well, weird. If hockey in the southern U.S. is an inherently weird concept, it got much weirder when the Florida Panthers promoted general manager Dale Tallon to an unnamed front-office job in early May, while simultaneously moving associate GM Tom Rowe into...

A few weeks back, when the Florida Panthers announced that Dale Tallon would be promoted to president of hockey operations, and Tom Rowe was named the team's new general manager, I wrote an article on Tallon's five best moves as GM of the Cats.
But, as we all know, for every good move a general manager makes there's a stinker or two...

Over the past few weeks, the Florida Panthers have made some radical changes to their front office personnel. After a victorious 2015-2016 campaign in which the team set new franchise records for wins and points, it is surprising to see so many changes taking place. Are they entirely unfounded though?
Promotions
While the Florida...

It's been widely reported, and even more speculated that the Florida Panthers are in the mix for KHL superstar, Alexander Radulov, and may even be the front-runners to land his services.
But, the question has to be asked, is signing Radulov worth it for the all of the obvious risks for the Panthers?
My short answer is, "yes,...

With news breaking this week that Dale Tallon would be moving to a more executive role with the Florida Panthers, and Tom Rowe being named the new general manager, I think it is now a fitting time to look back at Tallon's time as GM of the Panthers and analyze his five best moves as Florida's GM.
I'll be doing a longer write up of...

Once the Colorado Avalanche selected Mikko Rantanen with the 10th pick in last year's draft, Florida Panthers General Manager, Dale Tallon seemingly jumped out of his seat to make his team's selection.
Although it was speculated that the Panthers thought very highly of Rantanen, Tallon got to select the "faller" of the draft class,...

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